Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Dec.24 2019 For Private Circulation Only SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA Email :
[email protected] http://sriparthasarathyswamisabha.com/ A stately concert With the audience & Prince Rama Varma’s concert on Dec. 19, 2019, began with a rich for the audience Kambodhi - Ata Tala varnam composed by Vadivelu of the Tanjore Quartet. Next piece was an extravaganza! Prabho Rakshamam by Meenakshi Sudhan in Natai with neat and fast swara prastharam. In contrary to the previous piece, came the slow paced yet royal Sankarabharana alapana by the ‘Prince’ Stamp sangatis of Swara ragasudha of Tyagaraja were exchanged by the vocalist and violinist leaving the audience to guess but, presented was Bagu miraganu nato by Vina Kuppaiyar! A beautiful krti with crisp Chittaswaram followed by Swara prastharam at Ni Lavanyamu which was quite Rajesh Vaidya, who played veena to a near-full hall, on Dec. 18, engaging. The muktaya was set in the pattern of 6, like that of the 2019, made a judicious choice of songs that endeared him to the Chittaswaram. audience. Belligerent as it sounded, the concert began with ‘Entharo Mahanubavulu’ in Sri Ragam and quietly took on Ganamoorthe (Ganamoorthi). Things were quiet for a while, but then came on Sudhamayi Sudhanidhi, in Amruthavarshini, a song that is known for its pace from the days of GNB. The audience was in great enjoyment by this great mix. This was part one of the concert. Part two had a different take. It was again a discrete choice of rasika-friendly songs that had at its core the janaranjakam aspect.